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[(DPEPhos)(bcp)Cu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Poly[[(N,N-dimethyl-formamide-κO)(μ(3)-pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxyl-ato-κN,O:O:O)copper(II)] monohydrate]
Abstract:
In the title compound, {[Cu(C(6)H(2)N(2)O(4))(C(3)H(7)NO)]·H(2)O}(n), the Cu(II) atom is coordinated by an N,O-bidentate pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxyl-ate (pzdc) dianion, two O atoms from two other pzdc anions and one O atom from the dimethlyformamide ligand, forming a distorted square-pyramidal CuNO(4) geometry. The polymeric character of the structure is established by the formation of layers parallel to (100) via bridging pzdc ligands. O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding between water mol-ecules and uncoordinated carboxyl-ate O atoms leads to additional stabilization of the structure.
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